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Martina Bovetta wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

This Valentine’s day felt sweeter after the release of Rex Orange County’s brand new track ‘Amazing’. Alexander James O’Connor is only 24 years old, yet he has already gone viral and hit the Top Ten Billboard […]

Megan Roxburgh wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

Amazon Games has announced changes coming to European servers for the MMO ARPG Lost Ark in the wake of player complaints.

The move comes after players in Europe noticed that they were facing longer queue times […]

Eli Dolliver wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

David Blue Garcia’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) picks up decades later where the original film left off with a new batch of lambs for the slaughter, in the latest addition to a clique of barely successful […]

Emily Bell wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

Written by writer-creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong and produced by Objective for Channel 4, the award-winning series Fresh Meat depicts university life in an unforgivably comedic yet cordially honest way. […]

Casey Langton wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

2021 was an exceptional year for booksellers, it seems, with a 39% increase in sales compared to 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Bookstore sales suffered in 2020, likely due to various pandemic […]

Ellen Leslie wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

Content warning: postpartum psychosis. If you require support, please visit Action on Postpartum Psychosis.

after birth, a new dark comedy about motherhood and mental health will open in London this week […]

Martha Storey wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

Big Thief’s quiet intensity underlies their pretty folk-rock. Their latest output Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You embraces this wholeheartedly. It sees the band stretching and playing with their music w […]

Andrew Butcher wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

I caught up with CJ Pandit on a Zoom call on the eve of the release of his new single ‘1 2 Free’. Pandit joined us from his studio space, excitedly talking about a busy afternoon of creativity. Sitting amidst ins […]

Jen Rose wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

Already a household name in their native Australia, Gang of Youths are making their way around the world. Known for front man Dave Le’aupepe’s charismatic and intense performance style, with songs ranging fro […]

Elina Ganatra wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

This Valentine’s Day, Snail Mail aka Lindsey Jordan released the demo ‘Adore You’, a raw bedroom-pop version of her 2021 album’s lead single and title track, ‘Valentine’.

With her debut album Lush, Jor […]

Luis Teschner wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

It was tragic, really. Sex Education spent two seasons bringing together Adam and Eric, the series’ iconic slow-burn power couple, only to suddenly break them up before they had even begun. The massive stanbase w […]

Ellen Leslie wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

St Petersburg Ballet Theatre have announced an additional performance of Swan Lake in Dublin.

An extra matinee show on 3 April has been added to the company’s run at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.

The ballet wi […]

Brenna Cooper wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

“We love you Lindsay we hope you’re here,” laughs guitarist Serra Petale before launching into ‘Lindsay goes to Mykonos,’ dedicated to Lindsay Lohan and her short-lived beach club on the Greek island. […]

Issy Flower wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

★★★★✰

The story of Maria Marten appears to be done and dusted: murdered by her husband and buried beneath the ‘Red Barn’, her death has been told and retold in books, plays, TV series and films. Writer Beth F […]

Hannah Rooney wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

★★★★✰

This adaptation of Lulu Raczka’s intimate play Nothing—performed byLUU Theatre Group—was an ambitious directorial debut from students Jess Payneand Sophie Apthorp that really paid off. Nothing is an […]

Emma Morgan wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

“The iliac crest. From there, from Ilion, from her crest, Odysseus departed on his return to Ithaca after the war,” Cristina Rivera Garza’s narrator muses at the end of her novel, which was recently trans […]

Annabel Smith wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

The BFI Flare Festival is an annual celebration of queer cinema, where the BFI player and London’s BFI Southbank screen a plethora of LGBTQIA+ contemporary film for the public to enjoy. 15 February marked the […]

Eleanor Burleigh wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

Adapted from one of Agatha Christie’s most prolific mystery novels, Death On The Nile follows Detective Poirot as he embarks upon a seemingly idyllic honeymoon cruise that soon descends into tragedy and t […]

Matthew Prudham wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

★★★★★

‘Do you always tell the truth?’ Yes, you might answer. ‘Really? Do you always tell the truth?’ Then you start to second-guess yourself. ‘Do I tell white lies? Or maybe murkier lies?’, or perhaps […]

Nathanial Eker-Male wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago

Bombastic set pieces and a likeable lead performance save this silly blockbuster from falling into the common pitfalls of video game movies.

★★★✰✰

The collective sigh that accompanies the release of new vi […]